Rent The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
3.7 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- Based on the true-life case of the incarceration of Dr. Samuel Mudd (Oscar-winning Warner Baxter), The Prisoner Of Shark Island is a fast-paced and stirring account of the victimisation of a simple man. Regarded as a personal favourite by the director, it was also the film he was said to be most happy with. Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road), The Prisoner Of Shark Island dramatises the fatal shooting of Abraham Lincoln (Frank McGlynn, Sr.) and the subsequent visit by the assassin John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) to Dr. Samuel Mudd's house to fix his broken leg. Unaware of Booth's treason, Mudd is later arrested ...
- Actors:
- Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, O.P. Heggie, Harry Carey, Francis Ford, John McGuire, Francis McDonald, Douglas Wood, John Carradine, Joyce Kay, Fred Kohler Jr., Ernest Whitman, Paul Fix
- Directors:
- John Ford
- Producers:
- Darryl Zanuck
- Writers:
- Nunnally Johnson
- Studio:
- Eureka
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
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